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Phantom Tug
With the good weather and the gardens to tend, bench time has been scarce. Nonetheless, I have been able to get a little time here and there. All of the changes/additions have been subtle, but I like to think add to the whole. Images: 1. Ch …
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Stevn's Arctic Ice class tug
I restarted this last August and it's not finished yet. The bad weather is delaying major painting but most of the parts are made and ready for refitting. I've included a link to the photo gallery
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Billing Boats Hoga Pearl Harbor tug B708
I built this in four weeks working every day. Originally a static display kit I have converted the build suitable for RC. I've used a Raboesch sealed prop shaft, a 2836 brushless motor and a Hobbywing car ESC. I decided due to lack of time …
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Phantom Tug
Fourteen, Not exactly any building, but more of a proving what's been built. Fort Valley went overboard today for the first run of the season. She did well without making a drop of water with all of the systems working and nothing got hot. …
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Phantom Tug
Eleven (a) The window screens seemed to work out and Ms Maud the cook insisted she get a couple of screen doors for her galley as well. Everybody that's ever been to sea knows that second only to the Captain the cook is the most important p …
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Phantom Tug
Ten Just a short update this time. The timberheads are all in, the bulwarks painted, deck laid and sealed, so it's on to the cap rails. There was no way to bend a flat piece of wood sideways to the curve of the hull, and knowing these would …
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Steam tug Lyttelton
The build just had a week off whilst I fixed my lathe. Parting off almost needed ear plugs. Using a dial indicator, I narrowed this down to play in the lead screw nut. It was obviously time to make a new one, which of course I did......righ …
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Tug Fort Valley
Eight Here's another short diversion on this build. Before I did the initial float test and learned how much ballast this hull would take, I thought I would fill up the bow with chunks of rigid foam for floatation. Once I discovered the tot …
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Phantom Tug
Five Fast forward to launching, ballasting, and test runs. I knew this hull would take some weight to bring it down to it's marks, but was a little surprised at the amount. I launched it first to confirm the water-tight aspect while the hul …
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Steam tug Lyttelton (steam plant enquiries)
She is to be live steam. Atached photo is her propane fired boiler. Safety certificates are dependent on pressure and boiler volume. This boiler is well below requiring a certificate. Although I have built two Stuart Turner engines in the p …
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Phantom Tug
Chapter Two I should submit a caveat before I get too deep into this. I know terminologies are a little different in some places, so I'll share an anecdote: Back in the '70's my ship tied up in Chatham Yard and a kind local Coast Guardsman …
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Billing Boats St Canute Tug Kit
Hello, can anyone suggest a wood filler for my Billings Boat St Canute? At present l am using a J.Perkins light weight wood filler but l find that it becomes very powdery and by the time you have sanded down with a very fine sandpaper l rem …
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3D Printed Tug.
Not much more done,daughter working from home and taken over my build space, have another go later.Everything 3D printed apart from motors and prop shafts,even props and uv joints are printed
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1 Inch Tug
Hi Guys, I found a scrap bit of plastic and decided to make this. Martin555.
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Bills springer tug
Hi, my first build blog and.... it's not going so well, I had a 17mm plywood board which I cut the rough sides out of, stuck the 2 sides together with hot glue so that I could shape them (at least any goofs would match - all good so far. Th …
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little River Tug superstructure
Sketched out a typical little pilot house and machine room superstructure. I then laid the sides on graph paper, wax paper and then gluing up pieces of styrene. This is my typical method of constructing, stick built. Joe
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, I have finally given up on trying to get this working properly. It is definitely a component fault on the PCB. So i will shelf “Flora” until i find something to get it working. Until then here are a few photos of “Flora” as she is …
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, "Flora" is starting to take shape now. Martin555.
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, Done a little more work on the hull. After cutting the motors off of the sub i attached them to the hull. I then decided to make a start on the superstructure, again using the plastic from the margarin tub. Martin555.
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T.i.D Tug
I brought this model in the shape it is in about 3 years ago hoping that one day I could get round to making it a model to be proud of.. I will be basing this on the T.I.D 164.. I will try and include as many updates and pictures as I can, …
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Springer Tug
Now painted not going overboard with detail this is just a fun boat,Viper marine 15 speed control, 1 1/2 prop, cut down large brass rudder, more than 3 1/2 pounds lead ballast, will be adding nav lights, maiden voyage set for Sunday 2nd Feb …
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Springer Tug
Almost ready for paint, all white parts 3d printed, ( I know it's cheating but if I bought a kit it would have plastic mouldings) that' my excuse anyway!
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Model boat's push tug
after reading model boats mag i started this still a way to go as i found a 1/4 sheet of 1/8 ply
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Dromedary Class Paddle Tug
Semi scratch build Hull, funnels, some fittings from Marks Boat Bits the rest built from plans and photos
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Refit Irishman to Yorkshireman tugboat
I purchased this from an ex seaman who had actually crewed the Yorkshireman out of Hull. He was now finding it difficult to lift the model and transport it, so decided to sell. The model had seen a few owners and may have been 20 years + ol …
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Anteno 2 tug
Decided not to double plank as per kit instructions but skin the first planking with thin cloth 0.60 oz. Lot of rubbing down,now awaiting top coat Quick tip when using aerosol can or airbrush,use a large plastic storage container on its sid …
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push tug..
Well.. sea trial's have taken place, a little to heavy so a smaller lighter battery to try next time, wrong propeller's to powerfull but they was one's i allready had so ordering new ones, and a minor pin hole leak.. otherwise, works well, …
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paddle tug Aid
The green looked too drab so changed to a nice blue only fiddely bits to do I hope . Cheers Marky